The negotiator for Permanency Care Assistance explains to the prospective managing conservator that DFPS may periodically require proof of full-time attendance for a child who is old enough to be required to go to school.

The term full-time elementary or secondary student means a child who meets any of the following criteria:

• The child is enrolled in, or is in the process of enrolling in, an institution of elementary or secondary education, in accordance with Texas law or the law of the state in which the child lives.
• The child is home schooled in accordance with Texas law or the law of the state in which the child lives.
• The child is enrolled in, or is in the process of enrolling in, independent study at the elementary or secondary school level, administered by a school or school district, in accordance with Texas law or the law of the state in which the child lives.
• The child is incapable of attending school full time due to a medical condition, and the incapability is supported by regularly updated information.

DFPS Rules, 40 TAC §700.1049(d)External Link